A popular icon of 1950’s and 60’s motoring, Everoak Helmets were the protection of choice for motorists and bikers alike, including Stirling Moss, Graham Hill and Pedro Rodriguez.

The iconic Everoak has endured as a much loved symbol of the classic era of racing and with the resurgence of retro brands, Everoak is set to make a longed for return. Step forward master craftsman Bill Vero to handcraft perfect replicas of these world-famous helmets!

Bill Vero, one of the most experienced helmet makers in the world, will be using a lifetime of experience and craftsmanship to make replicas from the golden age of motoring. Grandson of original founder Everitt W Vero, Bill Vero has re-started hand making individual Everoak helmets, exact to their original design and specification. The perfect display item for a collector or enthusiast, Bill can replicate helmets worn by famous drivers who won National Championships; for example Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Pedro Rodriguez, Innes Ireland and Jim Clark. Taking nearly a month each to create, the helmets are manufactured using traditional processes and each will be a rare, unique and special piece, meeting the client’s exact specification. Nothing else like this exists and Bill has both the knowledge and skill to bring each one to life.          

Maker Bill Vero says "There's no way these could be worn today for historic racing; they're display pieces, but you could wear one in your classic to go down the pub."

Anyone interested in seeing one for real or owning the legend that is an Everoak Helmet, should pop into The Signature Store or go along to Goodwood Revival (12-14  September 2014), where a classic ‘Moss’ and a Jack Brabham replica will be on display on the Porter Press stand in the market.    In addition to re-launching this range of exclusive, iconic helmets, Everoak are also set to launch a merchandise line in the next few weeks, starting with T-Shirts in partnership with RetroF1 and with more merchandise planned for the future.

Helmets cost from £695 and will be one of a kind replicas made by Bill Vero.

www.everoakhelmets.com    

Metzeler at the Ace, Friday 29th August, 6pm - 11pm

After a successfully supporting the Stunt Festival and Streetfighter show at Wembley, Metzeler will be back at the Ace on the last Friday of the month. They will be on hand with their technical team, promo girls and the guys from HGB Tyres will have offers exclusively for Ace customers. All that plus the usual merchandise and entries to a prize draw to win sets of the new Sportec M7 RR: a new Supersport tyre for the road developed by the likes of Guy Martin at the Isle of Man TT. Metzeler said they will even bring the weather (hopefully!).

www.metzeler.co.uk

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After the frivolity of the '80s paddock carnival earlier in the day, the riders got back to the serious matter of the final official qualifying session at the 2014 Isle of Man Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts and the session was dominated by three of the TT's biggest names - John McGuinness, Michael Dunlop and outright Mountain Course lap record holder Bruce Anstey.

Conditions were described as the best of the week with riders warned of dazzling sunlight although there were still damp patches at Governors Dip.

In the first session, away on time at 18.20, Northern Ireland rider Lee Johnson was first away on his Black Eagle Racing 350cc MV Agusta with Michael Rutter alongside him riding the Seeley G50 that he'll race in tomorrow's Bennetts 500cc Classic TT Race. However, Rutter was reported as an early retirement at Ballacraine shortly after but Johnston went on to post the fastest 350 time of the evening (99.792mph).

John McGuinness was quickly on the pace in the 500's session and was fastest to Ramsey ahead of Ryan Farquhar, the pair riding the Team Winfield Patons and McGuinness laid down the gauntlet to the rest of the field, posting the fastest 500cc time of the week and inside race winner Olie Linsdell's lap record from last year's 500cc Race, setting himself up nicely for tomorrow's race. McGuinness later revealed that he'd actually been taking it steady through the opening sector as he was on new tyres.

Farquhar's 109.749 was the second fastest with Bruce Anstey on the McIntosh Norton (106.487), Ian Lougher on the Flitwick Motorcycles Paton (105.768), William Dunlop (105.739) and Michael Dunlop on the Molnar Manx Norton (105.348) all having useful shakedowns ahead of the first race day.

The latter F1/F2 session Bruce Anstey (120.968) and Michael Dunlop (120.505), last year's race winner, continue to stamp their authority on the field. Dunlop's opening lap was all the more credible as it was clear that he lost a significant amount of time on the final sector and he later reported that his F1 machine was stuck in fourth gear on the run in from the Bungalow. Anstey, on his Valvolene by Padgetts Motorcycles YZR500 Yamaha then went quicker on his second lap, posting the fastest of the week to date with 122.888, inside his time from Wednesday's session.

Tomorrow's first race day features the Bennetts 500cc Race, which is scheduled to get away at 12.30, which follows a qualifying session for the F1/F2 and 350cc machines.

Digital Speedos are pleased to introduce a brand new gauge concept from KOSO called the D1 OLED, using the very latest OLED screen technology (like the iphone 5) it means it can be viewed from all angles and lighting conditions.

The Display has a very small footprint, only 46 x 22 x 9 mm, in fact so small it could be built into a handlebar clamp. The screen display unit is connected to the control unit by a 3 core cable so could be fed through the handlebars if required. 

The control box is just 80 x 50 x 24mm so compact enough to hide under the seat or fuel tank.

The standard functions of the gauge are:

Speed MPH or KH

RPM programmable scale 8 – 20k

Total mileage – (settable to existing mileage)

2 x resettable trip meters

3 x temps – oil/water/ambient

Time Clock

Fuel gauge – multiple settings for sender

Low fuel warning setting

Volt meter

5 warning lights

Included in the package:

Display screen

Control Box

Wiring Looms

Speed sensor, magnets and brackets, the range of KOSO alternative speed sensors will also fit.

Temperature Senders

Remote Program Switch

Part Number BA032000

RRP is £224.95, inc VAT

www.digital-speedos.co.uk

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The greatest ever collection of some of the definitive race bikes of Joey Dunlop's career will open today on the Isle of Man as part of the Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts.

The Isle of Man Government's Department of Economic Development Motorsport Team has assembled the free paddock display of 26 bikes as part of the celebrations for the legendary Irish rider's career. The Ballymoney man won 26 TT Races in a 24 year Mountain Course career.

This weekend also sees the paddock turning back the clock in an 80's themed fancy dress experience on Friday 22nd August and a parade lap featuring many of Joey Dunlop's greatest rivals on Saturday 23rd.

The bike collection, all of which have been loaned for the five-day exhibition by private collectors, spans Joey's entire Isle of Man career and features the first bike that Joey raced at the TT - the TZ350 Yamsel Yamaha through to the last - the iconic Honda SP1.

Other TT winning bikes in the collection include Joey's 1988 RS250R, the first 250 to achieve a sub 20 minute lap of the TT course, that represented his 12th and Honda's 50th TT win, the RS500 that Joey won his 10th TT on in 1987 and his 1995 250 Honda, complete with the original Castrol body work.

Although Honda, the marque most closely associated with his career, dominates the collection of 26 machines, the display also features the RG500 Suzuki that he Joey rode in the 1978 TT Races, his 350 Aermacchi from his Manx Grand Prix Classic Race days, his 1980 500 Yamaha and the Yamaha Yamsel that he won his first Southern 100 on.

David Cretney, MHK, the Isle of Man Government's Minister of Fun, who will officially open the display at 4pm today, commented:

"We themed our Classic TT weekend around the decade associated with Joey, and it is a time that he was undoubtedly at the peak of his powers, but the reality, as this bike display shows, is that the man from Ballymoney made a huge impact on the Island from the moment he stepped off the boat in 1976 and in all my time associated with the event I cannot recall more popular wins than his triple in 2000 shortly before we lost him."

He continued:

"It is entirely appropriate that we have the first and last bikes that he raced on the Island on display as well as a number in between and we are very grateful to everyone that has lent us bikes to pay appropriate tribute to someone who made such an enormous impact on the Island and worldwide."